[gradsusr] if else statement with string arguments

[Tracey]

All,

I think it works now!  Thank you for your suggestions!  I have a
separate problem though - has anyone ever run into this error when trying
to plot data?  What does it mean and how do I avoid this error?

* jpc_decode return*

Thanks,
Tracey


On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 4:23 PM Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you verified that no additional characters or spaces are being input
> to the script? Try
>
> say "_"region"_" to check that there are no extra spaces in region. Also,
> in your if statement, there does not appear to be a space in ='conus'.
> While I doubt that is the cause of the problem, insert a space there to
> check formatting.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 1:24 PM Tracey <tdorian10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> It still doesn't seem to work even when I take out the parentheses.
>> Appreciate your suggestion though!  Can GrADS handle argument strings in
>> if/else statements?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tracey
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:08 PM Bill Reilly <bill_reilly at compuserve.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tracey:
>>>
>>> Try taking out the parentheses () and see if it works.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
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>>> On 26/11/2018 20:18, Tracey wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>
>>> The input string is being read into the script correctly, as I've put a "say
>>> region" into the script right before the if statement and it is correctly
>>> outputting "conus."  So it seems to be the actual if statement that is not
>>> working for some reason.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tracey
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 2:03 PM Jeff Duda <jeffduda319 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> First test whether the input string is being read into the script
>>>> correctly. Then check to see if the if block is being tripped by inserting
>>>> print statements.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Duda
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:56 AM Tracey <tdorian10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if any GrADS users could help me with this issue I am
>>>>> having.  In my GrADS script, I have:
>>>>>
>>>>> if (region ='conus')
>>>>>   'set lat 25 58'
>>>>>   'set lon 230 297'
>>>>> endif
>>>>>
>>>>> But the above lines are not working.  When I run the GrADS script, I
>>>>> input a "region" as an argument.  I want to say if the region is "conus",
>>>>> then set the longitudes and latitudes to these set numbers.  No matter how
>>>>> I change the quotations and the spaces, it doesn't seem to be re-setting
>>>>> the latitudes and longitudes.  What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Tracey
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